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Ards and North Down

District

East Northern Ireland. 165,407 people in 566 square kilometres.

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Deprivation rank by neighbourhood

Northern Ireland Multiple Deprivation Measure 2017

Most deprived 10%Least

Ards and North Down’s 86 neighbourhoods range from 71st to 868th.

Average house price
£227,275
Up 7.0% in a year
HM Land Registry · Jul 2026
Population estimate
165,407
No change in a year
ONS population estimates · 2025
Female life expectancy
83.5years
UK 83.0 years
ONS life expectancy · 2022 to 2024
People in radon Affected Area squares
60%
UK 44%
Worked out by Open Index

How Ards and North Down compares

Each dot is a council. The black line marks the middle one.

Ards and North DownMiddle
Average house price360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
Average house price: every council in UK360 areas from £115,401 to £1,232,640. The middle area is £272,474. Ards and North Down is £227,275.
£227,275123rd cheapest
Annual price change360 areas, UK · Jul 2026
Annual price change: every council in UK360 areas from −20.7% to 12.8%. The middle area is 2.3%. Ards and North Down is 7.0%.
+7.0%28th strongest
Population estimate361 areas, UK · 2025
Population estimate: every council in UK361 areas from 2,299 to 1,176,960. The middle area is 148,772. Ards and North Down is 165,407.
165,407150th most populated
Annual population change361 areas, UK · 2025
Annual population change: every council in UK361 areas from −3.5% to 2.4%. The middle area is 0.4%. Ards and North Down is 0.0%.
0.0%joint 96th slowest growing
Female life expectancy359 areas, UK · 2022 to 2024
Female life expectancy: every council in UK359 areas from 78.7 years to 87.1 years. The middle area is 83.4 years. Ards and North Down is 83.5 years.
83.5 yearsjoint 169th highest
People in radon Affected Area squares361 areas, UK · 2022
People in radon Affected Area squares: every council in UK361 areas from 0.0% to 100.0%. The middle area is 42.0%. Ards and North Down is 60.0%.
60%joint 135th most people in radon Affected Areas

Every council ranked: average house price, annual price change, population estimate, annual population change, female life expectancy and people in radon affected area squares.

House prices since 2005

Monthly average house price, smoothed. Ards and North Down’s is 1.8 times its 2005 level, slower than Northern Ireland’s.

House prices since 2005Average house price each month for Ards and North Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, January 2005 to July 2026. Source: UK House Price Index.
House prices since 2005
MonthArds and North DownNorthern IrelandUnited Kingdom
Jan 2005£123,662£105,916£138,759
Jan 2006£139,008£124,258£147,360
Jan 2007£211,080£188,278£162,825
Jan 2008£244,037£187,721£171,137
Jan 2009£168,831£132,669£144,840
Jan 2010£157,804£128,422£154,268
Jan 2011£137,971£112,639£154,113
Jan 2012£121,415£99,094£152,831
Jan 2013£113,118£92,202£154,495
Jan 2014£119,665£98,014£164,137
Jan 2015£127,289£104,989£175,636
Jan 2016£132,557£112,475£189,268
Jan 2017£135,760£118,092£198,276
Jan 2018£141,407£123,302£206,844
Jan 2019£143,383£128,168£210,317
Jan 2020£147,963£133,173£213,657
Jan 2021£163,437£141,087£228,417
Jan 2022£177,164£155,086£248,031
Jan 2023£181,762£162,479£260,941
Jan 2024£198,050£169,060£255,972
Jan 2025£209,356£184,322£264,936
Jan 2026£226,023£198,261£268,862
Jul 2026£227,275£202,487£272,611

Wards in Ards and North Down40

Middle areas in Ards and North Down80

Constituencies mostly in Ards and North Down2

Postcodes in Ards and North Down1

Neighbourhoods in Ards and North Down349
Ards and North Down in brief

Ards and North Down’s average house price was £227,275 in July 2026.

Ards and North Down’s population was an estimated 165,407 in mid-2025.

A baby girl born in Ards and North Down could expect to live 83.5 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024.

About 60% of people in Ards and North Down live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.